I think that what you said was very reasonable. But, think about this, suppose you added a little content? I am not suggesting your content is not good, however what if you added something to possibly grab folk’s attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda plain. You should peek at Yahoo’s front page and note how they write article headlines to grab people to click. You might try adding a video or a pic or two to grab people excited about everything’ve got to say. In my opinion, it would make your website a little livelier.